Maddi Worley, MEd, LPC is a Licensed Professional Counselor based in Kansas City, MO. She specializes in work with adults experiencing unsatisfying relationships and behaviors, addictions, and patterns that have maybe been repeating for years. Maddi is an LGBTQIA+ affirming therapist, working with clients of all identities at Heartland Therapy Connection.I believe therapy works best when you feel truly heard. In our work together, my goal is to approach you with genuine compassion and curiosity, not judgment or criticism. My clients often want to create real and lasting change, and can even see the pattern, but don’t know how to make the change happen. I seek to cultivate a space where you can show up as your full self and share your whole story.

I can help with:

• Unhealthy relationship patterns
• Identity issues (gender, sexuality, partner roles)
• Childhood trauma symptoms
• Unhelpful coping mechanisms

Clients that work best with me:

• Adult women of all ages
• Abuse survivors
• Adults with substance or behavioral addictions

Maddi is trained in EMDR and uses Internal Family Systems (IFS) theory to work with her clients. She is skilled at helping her clients relate differently to their past experiences, so they no longer define how they view themselves. Maddi uses IFS to understand the different “parts” we all have, and helps move from stuckness to internal harmony; strengthening the connection to a calm, compassionate Self. Maddi knows that healing doesn’t have to look a certain way, there’s no set way progress “should” be. The path is defined by you, and her role is to support the discovery alongside you. At her core, Maddi believes that change becomes possible when you feel safe enough to explore what’s been hurting, without the pressure to “fix” yourself.

Maddi offers in-person and telehealth sessions and works with private pay clients. She is happy to help clients determine whether therapy at Heartland Therapy Connection feels like the right fit.